8 Apr
2007
8 Apr
'07
12:29 a.m.
On 4/7/07, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
I wrote:
Naturally. The problem I see is that only the older cards might let
you set the printer port to respond to arbitrary addresses - the ones
I have are almost (entirely?) all of the style where you move a single
jumper for LPT1 vs LPT2 (primary vs secondary address).
I wasn't as worried about the OS interpretation since I don't intend
to *print* to my printer port.
-ethan
That's handy to know - every once in a while,
I long for a machine
with 2 or 3 parallel adapters, for things like old Connectix cameras,
LCD displays and the like. I've never assembled an ISA machine with
more than one printer adapter....
Well, you can have as may printer adapters as yopu like if you can set
them all to different addresses and if you're writing your own software
to talk to them...